Skirt-holder



Patented July 28., 1896.

K.D.HBAD. SKIRT HOLDER.

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KATIE D. HEAD, OF LAVVRENCEBURG, KENTUCKY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,687, dated'July 28,1896.

Application filed December 31,1895. Serial No. 573,956. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, KATIE D. HEAD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lawrenceburg, in the county of Anderson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSkirt-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in skirtholders or elevators; and it has for its object, among others, toprovide a simple and cheap adjustable attachment whereby the skirt maybe readily held up.

It has for its further object to provide a readily-applied device bywhich the skirt may be easily held up under the gossamer, leaving bothhands to manipulate umbrella, packages, or the like, and preventing theskirt being soiled in sitting in street-cars or in walking on rainy orbad weather.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is an elevation showing theapplication of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a view of the partsconstituting the improvement. Fig. 3 is a detail in vertical sectionwith parts in elevation. Fig. el isa detail of the clamp for engagingthe skirt, and Fig. 5 is a detail of one of the hangers.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates abelt provided with a buckle a, and this belt is designed to be passedaround the waist over the skirt and under the gossamer. B is anotherbelt arranged at a sufficient distance below the upper belt so as to beplaced over the hips of the wearer. It is also provided with a buckleand strap, whereby it may be fastened and adjusted to the wearer. Thesetwo belts are connected by the vertical strips C, which have at theirupper ends loops c, through which the 1upper belt is adjusted and at apoint opposite the lower belt provided with similar loops c', throughwhich the lower belt passes and is adjustable. These vertical strips Care extended beyond the lower belt and are provided with buckles D. Eare straps extending from the lower belt and passed through thesebuckles and provided at their lower ends with the wire clamps F, whichare of novel construction, each being formed of a single piece of wirebent upon itself at its center and forming the coils or convolutes f,which are engaged in the wire hanger or holder H on the lower ends ofthe lower straps. These lower straps may be adjusted so as to bring theclamps to any desired height.

In practice the elevator is applied as follows: Place the upper beltaround thev waist and fasten. Next place the lower belt around the hipsand secure it. Then place on the gossamer and pin to the attachment atthe waistline, back, sides, and' middle of front. It can be sewed on orattached by safety-pins, as may be desired. Then with both hands pick upthe skirt about'six inches, more or less, from the bottom at the middleof the front and middle of the back and at the sides opposite the seamsor where the seams would come in a gored skirt. Then lay in an upwardplat, if

the skirt is very wide, except at the front lay then draw up the lowerstraps to the height 9 desired a greater or less distance below thehips. Y

If desired, the straps may remain drawn up or may be let down each timeafter removing them from the skirt.

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ing straps extending from the lower belt i adapted to pass through andbe adjust-amy held in said buckles and clasps mounted in I5 hangers onthe lower ends of said straps and adapted to engage the bottom of theskirt, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this speciication in the presence oftwo subscrib zo ing witnesses.

KATIE I). HEAD. Witnesses: A

MAGGIE GIVIDEN, ADA SHORT.

